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I do hereby order and direct you to pay unto the 

 constable of danby aforesd, or his ordr, each of you, 

 the sum of four shillings, to be disposed of in pt, 

 towards the s J constable's reward and charges, and 

 ptly to provide something of cloathing for the sd 

 poor Boyes. I hope you will not fail to pay this, 

 wch is offered in a moderate manner, and in kind- 

 ness to you; otherwise yor neglect herein, will con- 

 strain mee to compell you, to pay ye other 20s, 

 forfeited by the late Stat. as above. Welburn, Oct 

 5th, 1700. J. GIBSON. 



Pope, the poet, in writing of the place in which 

 the Duke died, and the circumstances of his death, 

 has these lines. 



" In the worst inn's worst room with mat half hung, 

 The floors of plaister, and the walls of dung, 

 On once a flock bed, but repair'd with straw, 

 With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, 

 The George and Garter dangling from that bed 

 "Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, 

 Great Villiers lies alas ! howchang'd from him 

 That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! 

 Gallant and gay in Cliveden's proud alcove, 

 The bower of wanton Shrewsbury* and love ; 



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* A note upon these lines, by one of Pope's commen- 

 tators, mentions that the Duke of Buckingham killed the 

 Earl of Shrewsbury, husband to this abandoned woman, 

 in a duel ; and that the Countess in the habit of a page, 

 held the Duke's horse, during the combat. The fact was 

 as follows : the Duke having shamefully boasted of the 

 success of his amours, and cruelly insulted the Earl with 

 his misfortune, provoked him to send a challenge. They 

 agreed to fight at Barns- Elms, in the presence of two 

 gentlemen, whom they appointed their seconds. They 



